The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-10
AULLIGAA'S RASH BREAK
HE Cuts HIS WIFE WITH A
KNIFE, INPLICTING
Three Ugly Wounds Sad Sequel 10
a Regular Cat and Dog
Life.

Probably the most lily mated couple
In Memphis lives at No. SO Linden
street, Lear the corner OF Hsdden
avenue, in an up stairs apartment in a
two story hrick. On the door Of the
street entrance to their uninviting
apartments is a sign, "Fashionab 9
Dress Making" snd it refers to the
vocation of MRS. Mull'gan. The bus
band is William Mulligsp, alias Bad
Bill, alias Wife Whipping Bill. By a
series Of domestic fsmily rows, in
which he has played a star engage.
ment, Bill is justly entitled to these
and many other unenviable soubIi-
qusts.
Yesterday afternoon Mulligsn in.
Fl cted three painful and serious knife
wounds on his wife, two in the back
and the other on her right ear, the
cut nearly severing that member from
her head. An eye witness Gays the
two met at the street door, and after
some words the man whipped out a
pocket knife. Seeing the movement,
the wife tn ned and started upstairs,
hut Mullig-n "a too quick, and the
irst thrust tJSk fleet on the ear. she
then ascsuded about half way up the
It irs, when he followed and inflicted
two wouods in her back, which caused
Der TO fall backward. The same wi
MSS says Mulligan then entered two
grocery stores on neighboring corners
and begged the keepers to arrest him.
Mrs. Mnlligan was picked up and car
ried to her room, where a physician
was koon in attendance and dressed
tae cuts. Neither of them, it is
thought, will provs fatal.
When the grocery keepers refused
to arrest Null gao, he walked up Had
den venue snd met Office s Morpheus
end lid dwell, to whom he surrendered.
They escorted him to the Station
House, where he was seen by a re-
porter, and related the following story:
"Ever since l married the woman,
in 1880, she has been the torment OF
my life. l have always suspected her
of II fidelity, and expected trouble on
account Of it. / was standing on the
corner OF Linden and fernando
streets abou A O'Clock, and noticed a
woman watching me. l suspicioued
that something was wrong, AID went
home. She preceded me a short DIS
tsnce and gave the alarm, and when l
arrived l found a nan standing in the
hall. He had a la gs red mustache,
and some one told me afterward that
he worked at the theater. /
had never seen him before, now
ever, and know nothing about that.
When l came up he aske d me If / had
any objections 70 my wife going and
working on the stage at night. l
answered that was no place for a mar.
ried woman with a lot of children,
and objected to her doing 30. She
said l had nothiBg to do with il, and
she would go anyhow. This 10 en-
ragged me that l pulled out my knife
aud cut her. Her foolishness has
been going on for come time, and l
thought l might as well get into
trouble good while / was at it. l have
sscr feed everything but life itself to
make her happy, and told her / would
even 90 that far, but it amounted to
nolhipg, She vas a constant diinker,
End l took to that habit in order to
induce her to quit it. l would leave
her, but she Won't allow it,"
The womau's story is slightly differ
ent, and about as follows: "Muligan
never provided anything for home, |
bat spent everything he made on a
woman Of the town. He even brought
me a dress to maze Tor her, and l was
work on it when the trouhls oc.
Gu red. He came in and asked me il
the garment was flushed, aud before
we got through talking about it We
got down 10 he street. He was quar-
because it was not ready, aud
e ally eaid he would cut my throat,
making a movement to exec ute the
l turned and started mp stairs,
when be Cut me on tn, ear. | tried to
lun away from him, but btf IRE I had
proceeded fer be gave me two more
cuts in ths back I.then fell down
STA rs backward, and he went away"
The two st ries, a. will be seen, do
not consist, and the false variance
seems to be on the part of the man.
He is well known to the pc ice as a
tough customer, havirg just com.
pleted a term on the cham gang for a
offense. The two have lived a
Cat and deg life for five or six
years, and the wonder is that it has
not taken a vlole. t tura long ego.
Mrs. MulliQsn was the widow of a
named Mo VIC when she mar
ed her present husband, aud if all
are true, has not been entirely
what a vile should be. She had three
by Molwo, and the number
has slice been increased to six by
Mulligan.